Page 58 of Knot Our Reality

I grin when I see two familiar faces. “Evander. Bradley.”

“Gavin?” Evander grins, slapping his hand on Bradley’s shoulder before they make their way over. “It’s good to see you, man.”

We do the bro hug thing before Bradley nods. I don’t think he’s much of a hugger from what I recall.

“It’s good to see both of you as well. Is it just us from our season?” I ask, eyes scanning the room but not seeing anyone I recognize—at least not from our season. “Is that Camden Montgomery?”

Evander chuckles. “I didn’t realize you were a baseball fan, but yes, that’s him. He and his alpha are here. Come on, I’ll introduce you to everyone.”

It turns out Camden is the only new suitor, while the rest of us are from past seasons. Even his alpha is from Bree’s season. Apparently, he was kicked off the show because of his pack mate. They’ve since gone their separate ways and Wilder found Camden.

Next, I meet Sasha, Dalton, and Maverick, who are also from the first season. I vaguely recognize Sasha from his ballet days, but that’s only because my mom and older sister are obsessed with him.

By the time I finish meeting each of the other suitors, Paxton, Nikolai, and Alexei have joined us.

“Hey, guys. Come on in. I just finished meeting everyone, so I’ll introduce you.” I wave them over, but Paxton is waylaid by Dylan and Malik, who were on his season with him.

Then I lose the twins to a conversation with Lee and Ian from last season. Something about another suitor from their season being an asshole and getting kicked off the show already.

I shake my head, lowering onto one of the couches. “Damn, it sounds like there’s already been a lot of drama.”

“That’s reality television for you,” Evander says with a laugh. “It’s great for ratings. But don’t worry, I’ll fill you in on what you’ve missed.”

And he certainly does. I can’t help feeling for Emilia. She’s already had to deal with so much shit with her suitors, and it hasn’t been a full week.

She’s already dealing with enough shit from the asshole who assaulted her, plus being pregnant. I was kind of hoping for a calm season for her, but I guess that wouldn’t be as good for getting viewers in.

I can’t imagine what she’s going through, and it’s not just because I’m neither an omega nor pregnant. This amazing woman lost her entire pack two and a half years ago. She’s been a single mother to two children and is running a massive corporation. I don’t know how she did it.

I’m honestly in awe of her—as we all should be.

Then, taking into consideration how someone she trusted took advantage of her and assaulted her. Then suing her from jail over the custody of her unborn child?

I know our world isn’t perfect, but I thought we were better than this. How could we have allowed this to happen to her? How is it all the alpha got was essentially a slap on the wrist?

I shake my head, knowing the more I think about it, the angrier I’m going to get.

“Hello,” Camden says as he walks up, nodding to the empty spot beside me. “Do you mind if I sit?”

“Of course not. Sit. Sit. I can move over if you need more room for your alpha to join you.”

Wilder shakes his head. “I’m good with sitting over here. Camden does what he wants, anyway.”

“As any omega should,” Evander says with a grin. “Just don’t go getting any ideas of hitting on Camden, Gavin. He’s decided he won’t be considering other suitors until after he knows where he and Emilia stand. Tessa thinks they’re an omega pair.”

“Like Sophia and Chase?” Paxton asks as he joins us, sitting next to Wilder.

Evander shrugs. “That’s what she said. I’ve never actually seen an omega pair together. Koda and Evangeline hit it off straight away, and boy, was that fun to watch, but there was no mention of them being a pair. They were just really hot for each other.”

“And what’s the difference between the two? How did they know Sophia and Chase—that’s their names, right?—were a pair, but Evangeline and Koda weren’t?” Camden asks. “How am I supposed to know which category we fall into?”

“Remington, Emilia’s brother—he would know,” Alexei says as he and Nikolai join us. “He is scientist of some kind. Works with omegas and not having babies.”

I chuckle. “That would be great if he was here, but since he’s not, where does that leave us?”

“Oh, Remington is definitely here. He and his pack are watching Hawk and Jasper.” Ian joins us with the rest of the suitors. “Emilia told me. I don’t know if there’s anything he can do about it, but I’m sure he will if he can. Assuming Emilia wants to know.”

“Oh? Her brother and sons are here?” I shake my head. “I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. Of course she wants them to be close.”

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